The grit takes them home, and Real Madrid's players score the goals.
With the help of their big stars, Carlo Ancelotti's team secured a memorable victory away from home, reviving their European campaign.
In the Champions League, Real Madrid defeated Atalanta 3-2 because to strong defense and goals from Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr., and Kylian Mbappe. Although Los Blancos' injury problems worsened at times, they put on enough of a show that night to defeat a team that hasn't lost since September and earn three points.Early on, Mbappe was the star.
Additionally, Atalanta regained their position in the game. After Aurelien Tchouameni gave away a careless penalty, Charles De Ketelaere equalized the score from the penalty spot at halftime. Los Blancos retook the lead early in the second half, Vinicius Jr finding the bottom corner after a kind deflection gave him half a yard inside the box. They added a third in no time, Bellingham cutting inside before finishing with his weak footas they quickly scored a third.Italy's BERGAMO -- Following Saturday's 3-0 victory over Girona, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti declared, "We're back."
Gasperini appeared in the Atalanta Ultras' pregame tifo as a medieval knight riding a horse and clutching a Europa League trophy. This is somewhat amusing since Gasperini actually resembles the bachelor uncle who attends family events to make fun of his own jokes. However, you cannot ignore his actions. Top of Serie A, Europa League champions, and ready to compete with Real Madrid, Mateo Retegui is a strong candidate to halt them in their tracks.
Furthermore, this isn't a strategic genius who devises a plan and selects players who meet his objectives. Lookman (unwanted by RB Leipzig), De Ketelaere (unwanted by AC Milan), Raoul Bellanova (unwanted by Internazionale), Isak Hien (a no-name from Hellas Verona), and Lazar Samardzic (a languid soloist) are just a few of the waifs and strays Gasperini takes and makes fit into his system, pushing them to the limit in the process.Regardless of how you look at it, that's excellent coaching. And it explains their excellence. And very different from any other European squad.
"If we look at the psychology of motivation years ago, players weren't even sure if they were going to get on," Sallis explains. "You're going to grow used to it now, you know that much. Because of the more frequent adjustments, players need to be more prepared than before.By using terminology from other sports, managers have attempted to alter the conversation around substitutions. The guys who are there to get the last outs in the closing moments of a game are known as "closers" in baseball.
We'll have a better idea following his tests on Wednesday, even if Ancelotti stated that his departure after 35 minutes was primarily precautionary. However, during his half-hour on the field, the France great scored one goal and had the opportunity to score two more. More significantly, he was a willing runner who frequently showed up for the ball instead of waiting out on the flank, as he occasionally did at Paris Saint-Germain.
"You want to start," Adam Le Fondre, a former striker for the Premier League, says ESPN. When you start playing football as a child, you don't say, 'Oh dad, I want to be on the bench today.'," I believe. You're eager to get started, score goals, and win.It is nothing new for strikers to make an effect from the bench. Former Liverpool striker David Fairclough, who played the supporting position from 1975 to 1983, even wrote a book about it called "Supersub." Throughout his 154 appearances for Liverpool, Fairclough scored 55 goals, 18 of which came from the bench. He sat on the bench and stayed there 76 times.
Fairclough stated in 2017 that "it was all about the XI in the old days." "Clubs were fortunate to have a stand-in who could have an impact. Nowadays, while discussing success, some claim that the squad, not the XI, is the key.He became identified with the job, but that doesn't mean he fell in love with it."It did not help my career that I came off the bench and scored so often, and from 1977 onwards I made it clear I wanted to leave irrespective of the success Liverpool were enjoying at the time," Fairclough remarked at the time.
"I'm still prepared to play even if I knew I was on the bench. I'm studying, watching the game, and doing the visualization exercises that I would have done even if I were just starting. Any other player, I'm sure, would have said, "Yeah, I'd have taken that," if I had seen a wasted opportunity.According to leadership and mentality expert Steve Sallis, man management is the key to making sure a team gets the most out of its bench. Sallis has worked on mentality with UEFA, the Scottish Football Association, the English Football Association, and other individual players. He believes that good communication is a common thread.
The team effort has been successful. Sallis asserts, "There's no magic wand to super-subs," "The manager and I have a really strong relationship. Is it an f--- you to the manager? The player's internal drive is enormous. Does it say, 'I wish to aid this team' instead? Emery has succeeded in striking a balance between the two, which is crucial.But for the time being, Watkins is still the top pick. After Durán scored the game-winning goal for Bayern, Emery stated, "I need to talk to him as a person and connect with him as a person because sometimes [Durán] has been impatient." "His talent is there, and he can help us."
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